掘墓鞭尸

Traditional form:

掘墓鞭屍

Pinyin (reading):

juémùbiānshī

Definitions:

• to exhume a body for public flogging (idiom)

Characters:

• 掘 - to dig, to excavate
• 墓 - grave, tomb
• 鞭 - whip; to lash, to flog
• 尸 - body, corpse

Traditional characters:

• 掘 - to dig, to excavate
• 墓 - grave, tomb
• 鞭 - whip; to lash, to flog
• 屍 - body, corpse